The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-08

OF tnen' IN uesur,olng We ronu, notes tnN
American methods OF location and construc-
ton proved the. most successful and were
largely adopted. From tho source nom which
II comes this may DO taken as q high
compliment to Amer can engineers, In
building this road speed was moro an objo,t
than cost. II was built entirely for military
and political reasons. and there was no ques-
ton as to whether IL would be com meroially
profitable or not. American methods we're
adopted, rotso much because tho road could
by them DO cheaply built, as because they
were better and easier. IL Is to be noted
that on This line, though II ran through 40
difficult mountain country, there vas no
talk Of marrow Cause. The gauge adopted
was FIVE ieet sir inches, simply because that
was the gauge OF. the connecting line
Engineering Journal.
A NEW trsnscontinenisl read Is be.
ing quietly but rapidly built iron the Pa
cifc coast eastward TO meet some line stretch
ing from the Missouri westward. A New
York syndicate took all the unissuod bonds
Of the new road q couple Of weeks ago, which
insuIes the constructors enough money to
lay its tracks TO Boise City, Idaho, by the
close Of next season. There are 10000 tons
Of English steel rails at San Francisco
awaiting transportation TO the front; 1000
tons move on the sea; three grading partie.
are on the surveyed limo Of the new road
ms ing the way for the rails. and bridge
builders are at work preparing passage over
the riye's and streams. IL y estimated that
slO, 600, 900 will be spent before the close OF
next ,essoR, whom u IL expected the line wall
be completed to Boise CITY. The organiIa-
son Pacific Railway Company. Its route
u frla San Foncisco by steam
,h'p limo $50 mics northward to
Yag uuSbay, on the Or'g N coast, thence by
rail rose the coast ransv to Willamette val
les ulnins through Corvallis and Albany;
thence over tho next range ot mountains
IN 10 the empire Of Eauern Or gon, and
then on to Boise City, Idaho Territory. A
port on Of the line = alreaIy n operi tion.
II was begun a, far back as isSl. aud strug-
from the Northern Pacific until u succeeded
In putting on a steamship line TO and from
San Francisco and an operated line vt road
from laquina bay 70 Albany, Ore. After
having accomplished this much over many
difiicu ties, u now finds itself amply tack,d
by capit.i, AID no more financial trouble In
eight. The New York syndic,to settles the
iuture OF the road and makes its immediate
construction TO . ole City certainty. CAi-
cage 1tms'.
THERE has been considerable change
In the railroad situation Of Kansas City
since January LIST About 1900 miles Of new
road have been built and connected with the
city, and the Interstate Commerce Law ha,
served 10 allow the business which has al
WAYS been tributary TO the city, but which
has been taken to other cities By means Of
pool, and other devices, TO revert 10 its nat
urAl channel The cont Getting line between
the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Ps and the
Santa 70, was completed on May 25th, and
has been thrown open to buliness fov days
only. The new lins drains 100 miles OF the
finest terrific In the Southwest, gives Kan
pal cities Of TeKa. and an outlet 4.
the world By water at Galveston. This Santa
We has constructed some 30 miles
| ofroad In kansu besides this oonnostion
Pacific has built nearly a. much more. Wills
| the Myandotte and Northwestern has ADDED
about thirty miles this year. Tic work on
the Chlcago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road.
which 70 beIsE eI'opd.d to this city. !, being
| 10 have trains running by the ist q October,
| The SAINTS fe's Chicago line 10 being pushed
with the yisor characteri'tie Of any enter
prise ~ doTtaken by that company, and will
| be completed By December l, The bee Line
sbuildins an extension TO this city from 81
Lous, which viii DO completed early ne1t
wear, and several important Eastern lines
are GeekitEa rail connection with Kansas
IT, and vii, pr9SS.eIy sp'.L .Ss TX rl,hin
I
~ q vast ,ystem Ia kansas CITY and
| will con meet these lines with kanfAs city on
| the lot o. SEPTEMBER BY . line from Topeka
10 this city. The Uni IN Pacific IL preparing
| 10 cover Southern Kansas, Indian Territory
aud Texas with lines, all Of which will hs
tributary u this point. Tho Gulf road 10
being rapidly IA bed toward tho Atlantic
/ ocesn In the Southeast, and will reach
BirminFham by September lst Tbs rail-
road situation wa' never better 10 this city
| than NJ present, ADD tho future " brighter
than that ~ anJ city IN the Unitsd States. 20
k1Rsa' C,iv 7imo.
Tux fol owing letter has be n re-
eeived by a railroad president Of 81. Louis {,
Little Rock. Ark, July 2. lss. Dear -,
| On the 7th Of February last you addressed
me - follows! 81 take pleasure In handing
you hsrew III, with compliment. an annual
over these lines fo' the current Selr." Not
| long afterusfd | received Another communi-
cation from you requesting return Of the
annual" Al the time Of the reception o
your br,t lett conf - itlt eompl msnt.
%, not that ! needed the pass in NV bust
/ ness or Tor the intfin ic faVitE ~ hick hows
/ from It's usu, but because i regarded
/ u a. a clmpiment non one di'iin-
S'h.S GOD ,siaa Sa SS.A' fh,y rs sss
msnd the respect u railroad emplo,o o., and
/ The nttebtioa n No you 10 gfsatsr than that
| which " extended 10 the poo devil Who pays
| hs f.te. Aside ffom this, tho passsnEefs
on the train are prone T. rtgafd MAJ wi h
. pass as a msn o. eminoncs aud standing In
| the community. IL serves 10 advertise one
a. q great man. just when passes came ints
/ use 10 not known. but In tho b. IL We are
told that they had them oVsi the river DOR
i ds q, and that on one occasion n, 900 persons
vsrs slain because thtir passes we're not
| good. That, however, vas befsre my time
Ny earliest aequaintancsi with pasfes was
formed In the sAmes Of poker and euohsr.
10 the last named sams they are used . hen
you ars In an impoverished coalition I. 10
/ trumps, or whom you want 10 euoher some
one, and In the other fsms the pass 10
used mach on the same principle. Your
last letter. requesting me TO ts,urn ~
eye Of the Law, and the common carrier, a.
| the vsriest tramp In the land OF q corn heid
MORO, I feel that | have been Inundated.
Your attsmpt, In q weak mannsr, 70 excuse
S %.ie. act. TIT @sy s ..,.isc,or S1I %
members Of your party, who seek 10 place all
men on level With themselves. But you
must bear IN mind that vas ral,ed In =
.,untry Of free schools, and vh,re God vas
praised and psslms we're suns. II ga Dsm.
ocrato tricE, and shall hold you and the
Democratic PARTY responsible for u. You
have mad hne record ~ . party, In the
short spsce Of time you have been In power,
from him, and your PRECEDENT wants 70 re-.
turn al the Confederate HaEs. II the d -
TOOL kneu shat ahafd time you aud bad
capturing them, and how much more trouble
W. would have capturing them again, hs
Nou a hold on 10 them. A. hfst ] made az
my mind I would not return the pass, but
am satisfied " ! do not the President will
order u to,urntd, nov that bis order In fols
ton 10 the dsEs cannot be carried out.
can azure y0u that | do not part with Il
willingly, but I do not want ~ smbfoil the
country In wari therefore, In the interest Ol
pea q and 70 avoid bloodshsd, hsfsvith in'
close your annual You're, eic.
JOHN MCCLURE,
THE RIVH RG